I thought about titling this post “RDJ: the backlash?” but I’m not sure if this qualifies as a full-on backlash. I mean, it’s been a week, not even. And if you compare how RDJ’s been treated, compared to say, Anne Hathaway, it’s hardly a f-cking backlash.
There is, however, a change in tone in coverage. Full Story

If you were a Disney/Marvel publicist, last week probably wasn’t great. Jeremy Renner and Chris Evans were sexist (click here for a refresher). Robert Downey Jr walked out of an interview (click hereFull Story

Before I shut down last night I watched the RDJ interview that everyone’s been talking about. He was in London the other day to promote Avengers: Age Of Ultron. The outlet was Channel 4 with journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy. It’s making headlines because the video is a major cringe. Guru-Murthy starts with a series of standard, innocuous movie questions and then attempts to get personal. Full Story

All the Avengers showed up tonight at the UK premiere. They’ve been dividing press duties by territory but this market required full superhero participation. Full participation means Tony Stark has to show up. So here he is, Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr…
How do you feel about his lighter hair?
I like it. Full Story

Sarah mentioned in the previous article about Chris Evans that he was supposedly, um, pretty peppy at the premiere last night. I just watched all of them playing Family Feud on Kimmel before they hit the carpet and, with the exception of RDJ, I think all of them were lit.
Now normally I’d say over 8 minutes is way, way too long. Full Story

The Avengers: Age Of Ultron press junket was this weekend. Which is why Robert Downey Jr was so active on Twitter. He posted some great pictures and a couple of sassy videos, and you can see them all here, but this is the one Sarah’s trained me for. Full Story

With just under a month until it opens on May 1, Marvel has released the final trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron. Despite a steady stream of trailers, TV spots, and featurettes, they’ve done a really good job recycling footage so that they haven’t given the whole movie away before it opens. Full Story

It makes sense. Because she runs in such exclusive company. Like if we were talking about children, hers would be the most exclusive treehouse in the neighbourhood. And every kid within 50 blocks would want to be invited to this treehouse. But only few get the privilege.
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That’s my takeaway from the new extended TV spot for Avengers: Age of Ultron—they must be playing baseball. This spot features a lot of new footage, including Thor swinging for the fences using his hammer as the bat and Captain America’s shield as the ball. Easily the two coolest moments are when Thor grand-slams Cap’s shield and when Cap chucks his motorcycle into an oncoming truckload of bad guys. Full Story

Chris Evans and Chris Pratt took turns dressing up as their superhero characters in order to visit children’s hospitals, and now RDJ is taking a turn, going in character as Tony Stark to deliver an actual bionic arm to a boy who was born with a only a partial limb. Full Story

Marvel released the second trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron last night and they are doubling down on the creepy renditions of “I’ve Go No Strings”. Put that free Disney songbook to work, dude, but now I will forever be creeped out by Pinocchio. Not that a sentient talking puppet that’s obsessed with other people’s humanity wasn’t already creepy. Full Story

It was part of Robert Downey Jr’s acceptance speech at the People’s Choice Awards last night. You know what cracks me up about this event? More than at any other, it’s so obvious that the winner has been brought out right before their honour, in the front row. Check him out in the video below, sitting beside two randoms. Full Story

Arguments for:
-How has he never been the Sexiest Man Alive? He’s the biggest movie star in the world right now.
-The Avengers comes out in a few months. It’ll be MASSIVE.
-Everyone loves him, loves him, loves him and they love his comeback story
-Stable family life, just had a baby, babies are irresistible – especially with an exclusive on the cover of PEOPLE magazine?
-Nerd vote
-Dude vote
Arguments against:
-The Judge
-He doesn’t need it. Full Story